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crying
[ krahy-ing ]
adjective
- demanding attention or remedy; critical; severe:
a crying evil.
- reprehensible; odious; notorious:
a crying shame.
crying
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
adjective
- prenominal notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame )
Other Word Forms
- iԲ· adverb
- ܲ·iԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
"I have been crying myself to sleep because, since October, this has been the worst period of my personal life in 30 years," she said.
When police arrested Anthony, the report says, he began "crying hysterically" and saying it was self-defense.
"I've seen so many videos of people crying at the end of the London marathon and I can't imagine what that will be like," he says.
“I arrived here, and when I started seeing the scene, I started crying. The tears started leaving,” the man said in Spanish.
Mr Newbury, from Roath, described hearing screaming as he arrived at the house and originally thinking it was a baby crying in the garden.
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